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"Enable fallback for browsers with JavaScript disabled" is confusing

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Created on 23 August 2019, about 5 years ago
Updated 26 January 2024, 10 months ago

I've been noticing an uptick on spam emails being sent through my contact form. As a test, I disabled javascript on the form. The "I am not a robot" with checkbox block gets replaced with the message "Please enable JavaScript to get a reCAPTCHA challenge." And I was able to successfully submit the form which totally defeats the purpose of having a captcha.

I tried unchecking the "Enable fallback for browsers with JavaScript disabled" button and testing with Javascript disabled again. This time I don't see any recaptcha block. When I submit the form I get an error msg "The answer you entered for the CAPTCHA was not correct." So I guess that's working and I shouldn't have enabled the checkbox? Is that the expected behavior?

The help text under the "Enable fallback" button is not helpful. "If JavaScript is a requirement for your site, you should not enable this feature. With this enabled, a compatibility layer will be added to the captcha to support non-js users."

I don't consider Javascript a requirement for the site so that's why I had this checked. "With this enabled, a compatibility layer will be added to the captcha to support non-js users." -- I have no idea what this means.

So I don't know if this is working as expected but the UI needs some improvement.

🐛 Bug report
Status

Active

Version

3.0

Component

reCAPTCHA V2

Created by

🇺🇸United States codesmith San Francisco

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